Kerala Assembly Elections | IUML workers protest against decision to field Abdul Gafoor
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March 16, 2021 08:54 IST
The Left Democratic Front is looking for a chance to wrest the seat from the UDF
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A parallel IUML convention called by Ahmed Kabir at Kalamassery on Mondy.
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The Left Democratic Front is looking for a chance to wrest the seat from the UDF A group of Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) workers gathered in Kalamassery on Monday to register their protest against the party State leadership’s decision to field V.E. Abdul Gafoor for the upcoming Assembly elections from the constituency as the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate.
Discontent in IUML over Gafoor’s nomination
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Fielding V.E. Abdul Gafoor, son of the beleaguered Indian Union Muslin League (IUML) leader V.K. Ebrahim Kunju, from the Kalamasserry Assembly constituency has triggered discontent among the rank and file of the party in the district.
Mr. Kunju is under a cloud after being accused in the corruption scandal in connection with the Palarivattom flyover.
Mr. Gafoor figured in the list of 25 IUML candidates released by the party State leadership on Friday.
Senior IUML leaders in the district confessed to the widespread discontent in the candidature of Mr. Gafoor in disregard of the sentiments among the local party workers and leaders. The district IUML leadership had petitioned the State leadership about the activities of Mr. Kunju and his son that put the party in the defensive a few months back.
LDF seeks to cash in on UDF woes
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Candidature of Ebrahim Kunju’s son triggers protests from within IUML
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Candidature of Ebrahim Kunju’s son triggers protests from within IUML
The recently concluded elections to local bodies have given a new impetus to the Left Democratic Front (LDF), which is eager to wrest the Kalamassery constituency from the United Democratic Front (UDF), which comfortably won the Assembly elections in 2011 and 2016.
The LDF won 20 seats in the 42-member municipal council in the local body polls and believes it is on a strong wicket as the State goes to the Assembly elections on April 6.